This article aims at analyzing historiographically a textbook of History of Venezuela (1981) for the 1st year of secondary education, senior and professional. It will examine the text, its relationship with the official program, still in force, with the goals set by the Ministry of Education for the teaching of history in 1979 (on which the handbook was developed) and the dominance of certain historiographical trends (Annals and Marxism) in each of these documents. It is an initial look at the text and context.